William Lloyd Garrison: “There is no North." A sordid, truckling, cowardly, compromising…”

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There is no North." A sordid, truckling, cowardly, compromising spirit, is everywhere seen.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison critiques the pervasive cowardice and compromise regarding slavery in the North.

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And whom will a just God hold responsible for all these results?

By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.

Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

No insult or outrage, no deed of impiety or blood, on the part of the South, can startle us into resistance, or inspire us with self-respect.

William Lloyd Garrison: “There is no North." A sordid, truckling, cowardly, compromising spirit, is everywhere seen.”